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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-29
Coffee Plantation in Mexico.

While at Jalapa [ met Senior Pablo de Las
currain, and accepted an invitation to visit
his farm, situated few miles distant and
embracing all that immense chain of noun
tains which extends to the gulf We left on
horseback in the morning, and after pleas
ant ride of two hours arrived at the hacienda,
a small but very comfortable house. After a
good dinner the senior ordered the horses and
we started out to see a portion of the farm
Of course only a small fraction of the land is
under cultivation, the remainder being pas
ture lands, woods, and mountains About
two miles from the hacienda we came to an
immense coffee plantation containing between
thirty and forty thousand trees, which are
shaded by eighty thousand banana trees.
The coffee tree; although requiring a moist.
tropical climate, cannot bear the sun, and
hence each tree has to be shaded by two or
more banana trees.
The region around Jalapa is far better for
raising coffee than In the famous district near
OriZaba, where the average is about one-third
Of pound per tree. The senior without any
difficulty managed to bring the average I'D
to nearly pound. Before ripening the berry
is of a bright red color and shortly after it
turns brown, when it is ready to pick. After
being gathered the berries are thrown into
large wooden mortars, where they are
pounded and the grains of coffee separated
from the covering. The next process is to
dry them thoroughly, after which they are
packed in bags and are ready for the market.
As for the banana, each tree produces one
large bunch and then dies. The fruit is so
abundant th9t it is not picked, but is allowed
10 dry on the stem.-Mexico Cor. Chicago
Times
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The Stupid Russian Soldier.

The Russian soldier is stupid. He learns
slowly. 1t Is hard to give him soldierly
look and a military movement. But he has
invaluable qualities. His obedience Is i'm
phcit. He bears without murmur all kinds
of fatigue and privation. He is highly re-
sponsive to kind treatment, and is never per-
sonally exacting. He shows q remarkable
tenacity in battle, really the most precious
quality he can possibly have, supposing him
to be even moderately we'll disciplined. The
infantry marches rapidly and does not easily
become fatigued. Its arm is the Berdan rife,
only second TO the repeating rife which has
just come into general use in other countries
The artillery has the steel Krupp cannon 1t
is fairly well drilled, better on the whole than
any other arm of the service.
The cavalry being the same on q peace and
war footing Is always ready for active serv-
ice. The Russian horse i, lighter than that
used by the German and French cavalry, but
1t Is very strong and capable OF excellent
service. 1t Is armed with the carbine and
cayOCst. When G1SmOunJed one man holds
Ilv- horses. which gives II great superiority
81 rlsletly firing. As at present organized
---o perfected the Russian army has never
oe5I tiled BCc = nay % said that since the
vine or Peter CAe Great. whose first Efforts TO
t-s-l~s. nc his savage hoIoes were IN battles
with tao LsccLo Ji Charles XII OF Sweden, II
mss shown q constant improvement IN ef-
4ecJlve4ess. Only a great war with one or
Two firs- class powers can now give IL really
81 crucial uesc.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-29
DUB QUARREL.

Once we came to the end Of the world
You and 1 and love together;
Over us wings that flashed and whirled,
Under our feet the fading heather
Naught beyond in the vieweSs void
But shadow and shadow and still shade.
And ever behind us time destroyed
The whirling wings with his cleaning blade.
Alas I cried, ''for the beautiful dream,
And the sheltering wings that love held DER us;
Now we have choice of the blue steel's CLEAN,
And the sheer black silence lying before us. -"
Low laughed love, and looked in your face,
Looked and turned and laughed aloud,
For your smile had lighted the deSolate place
And love had shattered the formless cloud.
Blue at our feet lay the summer sea,
Fair behind US the whispering heather,
Alone at the end of the world were we.
You and and love together.
So with song we came back again.
And the bright blade over US flashed and
whirled,
But It threatened loves sheltering wings in vain
That failed us not at the end Of the world.
D. j. Robertson.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-29
"DEcLINED WITH Thanks

How LOngfeIlow's "ExceIsior'' Was Once
Sent Back to Him.
Longfellow's Excelsior" is said to have had
wider circulation than any other poem ever
written. 1t has passed through innurnerable
editions and been translated into almost
every language of the civilized world One
OF the poets biographers, who learned it from
the poets own lips, has told how the poem
came to be written; but an interesting cir
cumstance anticipating its introduction to
the worlds admiration is here for the first
time made public. In 1S39-40 was editor of
The Ladies' Companion, monthly magazine
published IN New York by all ignorant, pro-
fame, conceited fellow, whom l had indis-
creetly engaged to serve by letter, without
previous sight or knowledge crt him. He had
a staccato stutter, which-as his impetuous
nature led him to talk with great rapidity-
punctuated his speech i'll a very distressing
way, the accompanying contortions of his
countenance increasing the peculiar effect.
learned on entering his service that Long
fellow, then but a literary hedglinG. had
agreed to furnish The Companion with occas-
slonaI short poems at the rate of S14 each; and
one morning as entered the Office in William
street the publisher hailed me from his desk
near the door with, "L-l-l-look here. H.
s-s-s-see what d-d-d-d-d piece of nonsense
LongfeIIoW has sent me! Je-je-iust listen to
this" Then he procet ded to read the first
staliza OF the poem, ais indignation and his
oft recurring stutter uniting in q display Of
elocution the like OF which, we may safely
presume, the lyric has never since been the
subject Of. But it was OH the word Excel
sior," Of the meaning Of which he had not the
slightest conception, that he vented the full
volume Of his wrath. PrOnouncing it "Ex-
sheii-ShoT.' he uttered it with al expression Of
whitening contempt. "There," he said q
omit the stuttoring), did you ever hear any
thing equal to that! Now, just listen to another
verse;" Then he read the second stanza as he
had done the first, and passionately folding
the manuscript, said: II wonder if LongfeI-
low thinks he can gouge S14 out of me for
such piece Of id trash as that7 Pm not
such fool, can tell him, and I'll send it
back and give him piece of my mind"
That was all heard Of the poem at that
time. No doubt he did send it back imrne
diately, inclosed in an insulting letter: and if
Longfellow, like Keats, had been the victim
of morbid sensibility, that could be wounded
to the death by harsh criticism, he might have
suppressed the poem, and the world have lost
a treasure.-The Critic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-29
Bonnets and Their Trimmings.

French milliners have decreed that ladies'
bonnet must match her costume, and while
many American women will not observe this
rule, it will doubtless prevail to some extent
The new straw bonnets already in the shop
windows have evidently been made with a
view TO matching costumes In color, as they
are out in all the new shades seen in dress
goods. Bonnets of black lace and black
beaded Spanish net over the foundations Of
primrose, pink, sea green or cherry satin are
worn by fashionable ladies at the present
time. Loops Of velvet of the darkest moss
green are used to trim some of the new bon
nets, and these are lined with spinach or
apple green satin, the flowers used with these
trimmings being pale green hops and pink
roses. Pointed effects are noted in the pro
auctions Of both milliners end dreSsmakers.
This is achieved by trimmings being so folded
as to form point at the top.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-29

Enleralds and diamonds are 8 combination
TO- finger rings uo7. especially III favor.
Black urdresseJ kid gloves are now tle
only kind held 70 De strictly mourning,
French heels ara said to be entirely out of
fashion except among the bellies of the fac
cory and the kitchen.
Hehotrope is proclaimed far and near as
he fashionable spring color in almost every
hing
Black satin walking skirts with cloth
Jackets are enough seen to be regarded as
fashionable.
Several small combs are worn in the hair
instead of one good sized one, and they are
tucked III apparently at ranCom. -
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The stylish bonnets and hats represented in
our cuts were designed for Harper's Bazaar,
md are pleasing examples of New York fash
ions in trimmed millinery. The French capote
xanr-z in the first cut IS made Of black tulle
pufEed between rows Of JET beads. The briln
is edged with buc1 straw lace dotted with
fine jot beads. it is slightly nOtched in the
top OF the front, md the trimming OF Charles
x. pink silk lace is drawn through this notch
on the hair The flower are chrysanthe-
nuns Of the same new pink shade. with some
green leaves. Black ribbon strings with pi-
cot edge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-29

In the second cut are shown three styles
admirably adapted for young ladies. One
figure represents a rough straw hat, with
grOs grain ribbon and standing cluster of
flowers for its trimming. A second figure
shows straw hat Of cru color, with upright
blue ribbon bow and ends and brown ostrich
tips for trimming The remaining model
represents brown Milan straw hat trimmed
with blue gros grain and pink roses.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-29
Short wasted Frooks for Children.

Short wasted frocks, with long, full skirts,
will continue to be worn by tiny girls from
TO years old. Colored bingham, lawn and
white dresses are made with yoke waist, leg
of mutton sleeve and full skirts, hemmed and
tucked The yoke and sleeves of colored
ginghams are often made of white muslin,
the yoke daintlly tucked an / feather stitched,
with embroidered edging set along the lower
edge, turned upward The belt is Of inser-
ton, and n sash OF the colored material, about
six inches wide, trimmed across the ends, is
fastened at the sides of the belt and tied in a
bow behind. A bias puff Of the colored ma
terial is sometimes placed across the shoulders
Of the yoke, suggesting separate guimpe.
Heavy corded white pique, white bourette
striped cloths and smooth striped cloths in
two shades of gray or brown will be the
favorite materials for walking coats for tiny
girls the coming season.
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WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?
CREAM OR WHITE WELLS ARE THE
MOST BECOMING ONES.

All About the New Hats and BOnnets
Designed for Spring Wear-Short
Wasted Frocks with Long, Full Skirts
for Tiny Girls.
With the near approach of Easter, women's
thoughts turn naturally to the consideration
OF spring millinery. Few, if any there be,
who would willingly go without a new bon
net to an Easter Sunday service. The shops
al full of gay hued capotes and hats of one
ssyIe or another. 1t may be truly said Of the
majority of these CONNECTIONS that they are
unusually attractive and becoming.
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Becoming Wells.

A woman who knows says: wonder
when, if ever, women viii find out that cream
or white wells are the only becoming ones. A
woman with any intelligent regard for her
eyes, as matter of course, wears no veil at
all A conscientious regard for ones COM
plexion is the conmoner form OF intelligence,
however, and this at least should dictate that
soft cOlors set off pretty skins better than
brighter ones, wAi-o they lay less unpleasant
emphasis on defects.
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a nusfcai Eneot.

He after TIE opera)-Wont you have some
thing more, Miss Breezy
She Visiting from Chicago)-1 believe /
will take a few more Of the fried oysters,
thanks They're delicious, and PATHS de-
lightful singing always gives me such an ap-
petite, New York Sun.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-20

while the copper wheels are but slightly oxi-
died.
The Roman Catholic priests of Worcester,
Massachusetts,, are boldly doing their duty as
advocates of temperance. Rev. T. J. Conaty
on Sunday before beginning his sermon ex-
pressed his regret that in lists of advertise
ments to sell liquor SO many of his congrega-
ton figured. He found from these lists that
out of thirty-one applications to sell liquor
in various forms within the limits of his
parish twenty y-nine were members of his con-
gregation. He realized that within those
limits there were twice as many people as he
had in his congregation. This made him all
the more panied to find that all the dealers
belonged to his charge. He protested against
this increase, which meant that more places
were to exist to neutralize the good effects of
church and societies and offer temptations to
those who were struggling to be better men.
He emphatically protested against those who
were attempting to sell liquor in the vicinity
of the church, and begged them, if they would
SELL to do so away from the sacred precincts
of the church. Rev. Thomas Griffin was
equally earnest and plain-spoken. He said
that in the list of applications he found two
hundred and forty Irish or Catholic names
and ninety-two others. He expressed regret
that SO many of his race should want to en-
gage in the business of rum-selling, ahding
that if they were bound SO to do he hoped
they would not take more than their proper
tion, as there are about $4,000 Catholics in
the city. He expressed the hope that some
would withdraw their applications before it
Is too late, admitting that it was too much to
expect that all would, but hoping that enough
would act in this line to greatly reduce the
1nnnhar
Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-20
MCINTYRE, MAGUIRE & GO.

proves the stability of our merchandise and
| prices We therefore earnestly hope that
ladies will shop more, as it will be beneficial
to them and certainly will be to us. High
priced houses never wish customers to leave
their store until the purchases are made)
SOC per pair-We show line OF ~ distinct
STYLES fine 10 gauge assorted French, Ger
man and English fancy Hose, and quality
and design superior to any ever sold at 75c
to 81.
Hose, in crescents, polkas, black and white,
etc., etc., worth 75c.
75c per pair-25 doz Ladies' Black Silk
Hose, the best value in the land.
29c per pair-Misses full regular made
hose. all black, with full Mako feet, fast
colors, rise DC a SIZE.
95c per Vest, special, our genuine Swiss
Lisle Thread (not cotton) as sold elsewhere
at more money All sizes same price.
100 doz Gents Percale Shirts, with two
collars and separate cuffs, continuous bands
extra sizes included, at the unprecedented
price 81 per set of tsnirt, collars and cuffs).
There is shirt in the market made of COM
mon cambria. Please do not confound this
with that inferior article. The shirt we offer
is sold in other places at $3.50. Would be
good value even at that price.
Special drive in Gents Teck Scarfs, latest
shapes, at Soc; actual worth 81.
Look at our Star Waists.
s5 doz Fancy and White Suspenders, our
SOC quality for this sale 25c.
so doz Gents French Ba1briggan Shirts
and Drawers at 75c each; sold in New Haven
at $1.25.
81 doz Gents White Merino Shirts and
Drawers, light weight, full regular made by
the New Britain Hosiery company, always
sold at So, extra size $50 and So; our price
for this sale only 81 per garment, all sizes
included.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-20
a Fight With q Wildcat.

lFronl the De Land (tIa) Cnron1cleJ
On Wednesday morning Henry Blensoe,
Esq, gentleman residing between Winnie
missett and Lake Helen, Volusia county,
brought into our Office wildcat three feet
long, weighing twenty-five pounds. He says
that on Tuesday he heard a racket in his
barn, and ran out to find his pony loose in
the road, running back and forth in state
of alarm. He went back to the stable, and
as he stepped in six feet of the door in the
dark something sprang upon his hip and
shoulder and fastened its claws in him. By
lucky movement Mr.. Blensoe caught the
animal by fhe neck, and being strong man,
succeeded in wrenching it from his grasp
upon him and brought it to the ground with
his knees upon its body and both hands upon
its throat. He says: "To make sure of her
you bet kept her in this way for long
time. can't say how long, but the ami.
NAL was getting cold and stiff before let
go.n
Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-20
Wednesday, April 20, 1ss7.
EVEN IN RIASSACHUsETTs.

Some recent revelations show an amount
of illiteraoy in Massachusetts, which is start
ling, when it is considered that that State
has been looked upon as the home of educa-
ton and culture. Tt appears that there are
no less than 1e1, ,572 persons in the common
wealth of ten years of age or over who are un-
able to read and write. These are not uniformly
distributed throughout the State, but are con-
fined mostly to the manufacturing centers,
more than nine thousand being found in Fall
River alone. The increase of i1literates has
been altogether too rapid, there being SO, 065
in 1880.
An attempt is to be made to improve this
sad condition of affairs. A bill is now before
the legislature which looks to the extension
of instruction beyond the school age where
this is needed to prepare the minor for the
duties of citizenship, and it promises that few
er shall reach the voting age without the
qualifications for that privilege. The bill
proposes to forbid the employment of a
minor who cannot read or write, in case he is
a resident of city or town where even
ing school is maintained, the prohibition not
to go into effect until one year after the
passage of the bill, and no employe to be
subjected to the law when his earnings are
necessary to the support of the family.
Whether the proposed law will or will not
accomplish much remains to be seen. The
Providence Journal forcibly and sensibly
says of such laws: Experience proves that
these are very difficult of execution and sell
dom accomplish their full purpose. The diff
fculty lies almost altogether with the parents,
who refuse to give the law their support and,
for their own selfish ends, resort to all sorts
of deception to remove their children from
its operation. 1t is not easy to see how this
difficulty can be overcome save by the grad
ual development of better appreciation of
education among the working classes; and
for this much time must be allowed. Some
thing can be done to help on the process of
development, but nothing final can be ac-
complished at single blow, even by the
most stringent law.
Neither Massachusetts, nor Connecticut can
afford to look haughtily down upon the litter
acy of the South. In both these States there
is disheartening amount of ignorance.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-20
Pathetic CredulIty.


An old and well-known spiritualist
showed me on his parlor wall the other
day shadowy erayon sketch, full length,
of little girl, who in one hand held up
her apron full of flowers, and with the
other help to her nose rose which she
had picked out of the heap in her lap.
IT gladly gave fifty dollars for that" said
the old gentleman, as he surveyed the
sketch. cit is picture by spirit artist
of my little granddaughter who died al
four months, and is now eleven years old.
Evidently the old gentleman believed, il
the picture was, as he said it was, a good
likeness, that the child had not only grown
up in the spirit land, but had found some
body to curl her hair with Jongs and dress
her in a conventional frock, and then set
her to the occupation of gathering flowers
on the other side of Jordan.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-20
RUSSIAN GIRL STUDENTS.
The Desperate Effort That They Make
to Secure q Little Education

The Desperate Effort That They Make
to Secure Little Education.
Paris Letter to the London TRUTH
The attempt on the Gear brings the Nihil-
lists again to the fore and will have the eff
feet of exposing the Russian lady students
here to much nagging police espionage. One
rarely sees them unless in the Quarter Latin,
although I came across a nest of them q
short time ago in hotel in the Cours de la
Refine. Quakers could not have been more
plsin1y dressed and most of them had their
hair cropped. They were good musicians
and one and all hardened smokers. Russian
girls take to the fragrant weed like Kali
mucks. 1 am not sure that their air Of quiet,
settled sadness is due to impecuniousness.
A studentess told me that the only CHEEKY
ones among them are Jewesses, and that they
are not very wealthy; but they meet with
moral, and indeed often material support
from persons of their race settled in Paris.
I also learned from her that not few of her
companions are girls of influential families,
and that they have broken away from home
and come here under assumed names to
study. The difficulties with which some of
them had to contend in making their way
here would strike you, were to relate them,
as belonging to the domain of romance.
What do you think of the daughter of the
Governor of province who was sent south
by her family to be out of the way of rest
less spirils with whom she came into sympa-
thetic contact in Moscow, working her way
as cabin boy to Varnas She there entered
hotel as "boots," stayed some time, and
when she had money enough to buy a suit of
clothes suitable to her sex, took service as
nurserymaid in family about to start for
England. When there she was engaged as
nursery governess in noble family, and was
taken to the country-seat of some cousins of
her own, high in the English peerage. But
they had no idea who she was. AS soon as
she had saved small sum she came to Paris,
and before she could find lodging she used
to pass her nights in casual asylum. Being
a person of frst-rate education, she now pre-
pares girls wanting to bs admitted to the
new high schools. The place where she re-
sides is big loft over cart-maker's shed,
which has been fitted up as dormitory and
Hving-room for about twenty studentesses
Another loft serves as a refectory, where
meals are cooked at a large stove. Each
studentess takes a turn at cooking. The
tables on which dinner is served are made of
boards placed on trestles. When the plates
and dishes are removed in the evening all sit
down to study. The brain of the Russian
girl is receptive one and retains what it
takes in don't think that the studentesses
I describe are engaged in dynamite conspira-
cies; but they wish well to those who are
Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-20
A Ranfd Gain.

A little more than year ago new preparation
for the cure of coughs, colds hoarseness ana sore
though placed on the market in quiet way, without
any attempt at sensational advertising, the new
favorable comment. Its success was attributable
mainly to two things: In the first place it was ao
solutely free from drugs. Most cough preparations
Secondly it embodied principle in its most perfect
form which the human race has again and again re-
the union of sweet and sour in very agreeable,
new remedy was wonderful. Wherever it was tried
adherents were Immediately gained. Its name is
one Of the most valuable preparations that can be
employed to cure coughs, colds, hoarseness or sore
throat Its pleasant taste makes it just the thlng
for children while its effective curative power
makes if valuable to everybody.